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Scotch Game [C45], Scotch Gambit [C44] & Scotch Four Knights [C47]

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Book about 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 line Is there any fairly recent book analyzing in detail the 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 line? I mean this particular flavor of" Scotch Gambit", especially the line 4...Bc5 5.c3 Started 01/22/17 at 12:55:15 by grandpatzer « Pages 1 2 all »	27	8006	05/19/18 at 07:12:10 By: MNb
Nordic Gambit Martin Lokander's book The Open Games with Black (2015) recommends to take both pawns: 1. e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4. Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 cxb2!? 6.Bxb2 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 0-0. The author only... Started 08/21/17 at 17:20:05 by Stefan Buecker « Pages 1 2 all »	22	4498	09/02/17 at 22:02:21 By: Stefan Buecker
Is 4... Qh4 Scotch playable, what line favours W? The Question is pretty much in the title. Im curious if this variation is playable as a main defence? 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 How does the variation(s) go that is in white... Started 12/09/09 at 15:22:52 by MemoryMaster « Pages 1 2 3 all »	33	15887	08/15/17 at 10:03:51 By: MNb
6.Qe2 scotch Hi I'm quite interrested by this line. Download game in pgn format I'm not afraid of 6...d6 and 6... Qe7 which leads to opposite side castling. I find 6.... Started 01/30/17 at 14:39:57 by Sinn	3	1662	02/01/17 at 09:32:20 By: GMTonyKosten
Is the Scotch Mieses Simply Lame for White? I have fallen in love with the Scotch lately, and I'm very happy with the theory and positions I'm getting after 4...Bc5 5.Nb3. I struggle, however, to find positions where White even has pressure in ... Started 08/13/14 at 05:30:55 by TonyRo « Pages 1 2 all »	20	13752	05/15/16 at 12:33:33 By: smurfo
New line used by Stockfish 7 in Berlin Gambit Theory goes 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5. Now here the normal continuation is 5. 0-0 as mentioned in Bologan's Black Weapons. But Stockfish 7 has come up with a new wrinkle here and throws... Started 01/31/16 at 13:21:49 by HagenWatch1	6	2560	01/31/16 at 22:11:50 By: AlanG
GM Moiseenko blundered as Black in Scotch Gambit Last December at Poznan Trzcianka (perhaps an open, and an early round too as his opponent Andrzej Dassuj appears to have no FIDE rating -- you can play the following sequence at http://database.chess... Started 09/23/15 at 18:05:14 by George Jempty	2	2190	10/02/15 at 05:31:05 By: PANFR
C47: Scotch four knights with 8 ... Qe7+ I was looking for some games in the following line. 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 Nxc6 bxc6 7 Bd3 d5 8 exd5 Qe7+ Melik Khachiyan talked about it in one of his chess.com ... Started 05/12/15 at 16:45:06 by axel	3	2806	05/13/15 at 15:00:10 By: Vass
Scotch Game? Is it any good? Hi, as a new 1.e4 player, I was wondering what some of the 1.e4 e5 members thought of the scotch game. Is it inferior to the spanish or a viable opening through which white can obtain a strong i... Started 03/02/05 at 20:06:26 by teyko « Pages 1 2 3 all »	31	19517	04/13/15 at 21:13:29 By: Keano
C45: Scotch 4...Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 Hi everyone, I'm interested in the line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 My problem is that I don't like playing against the Mieses after 4...Nf6 e5. Not that I believe ... Started 10/15/10 at 08:57:15 by Meat « Pages 1 2 all »	20	17738	03/09/15 at 06:13:06 By: jon
Negi DVD: The modern Scotch opening Hi, is this DVD worth buying? (Parimarjan Negi, The modern scotch opening, Chessbase-DVD) Started 10/02/14 at 15:59:05 by Lou_Cyber	2	3364	10/23/14 at 08:05:42 By: Pale Horse, Pale Rider
C45: Unusual line in the Scotch In a current tournament I faced this line 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 So far it's all normal, but I thought the next move was either 7. exd5 or 7. e5 . Instea... Started 08/24/14 at 00:10:33 by RdC	0	1920	08/24/14 at 00:10:32 By: RdC
Avoiding a forced draw in the Scotch Game After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6 9.0-0 d6! 10.Kh1 Qxe4 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Bh4, White can force a draw after either 12...Qd3 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Bh5 or 12...Bg4... Started 09/30/13 at 05:12:29 by Anonymous3	5	4003	09/30/13 at 15:47:04 By: ErictheRed
C44: Scotch Gambit Question 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.gxf3 now 9...dxc3 is the usual recommendation (recommended in The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White and Survive an... Started 09/24/13 at 03:37:45 by Anonymous3	5	3697	09/30/13 at 13:55:19 By: GMTonyKosten
Scotch gambit, 5. O-O d6, 6. b4 (!? or ?! or ?) Hello all, this is my first time posting. What do you think of 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.b4? Is this known to be dubious? It looks like white has a fun game after 6...B... Started 09/26/13 at 03:22:03 by EDogg (Ex Member)	2	2381	09/30/13 at 01:42:26 By: EDogg - Ex Member
C45: Scotch Game Question After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.Nb5!? Bxe3 7.fxe3 Qh4+! 8.g3, 8...Qd8 is the usual recommendation but what's wrong with 8...Qxe4? For example, 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxh1 11.Qd6... Started 08/27/13 at 04:26:19 by Anonymous3	1	2286	08/27/13 at 08:17:21 By: tony37
C47: Kramnik's 10.h3 in Scotch 4 Knights 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O and now I cannot understand what all the fuss is about Kramnik's 10.h3. There was an article about this, tr... Started 05/02/13 at 18:21:41 by Markovich « Pages 1 2 all »	18	15204	08/17/13 at 14:02:50 By: Daniel
Scotch opening hello i am around 1800~1900 elo pts , i used to play the vienna opening, was happy to a certain level but i have recently wanted to change for a more serious one in order to progress ...and i pi... Started 05/30/13 at 19:42:38 by piefr1	1	2271	05/31/13 at 03:16:42 By: TN
C45: Mieses: 8...Nb6 9.Nc3 Bb7!? Something recent and quite interesting in the Scotch, Mieses Variation, is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 and now 9...Bb7!?. This is dismissed fa... Started 05/16/13 at 14:19:23 by Markovich « Pages 1 2 all »	16	12155	05/18/13 at 18:43:23 By: Markovich
C45: Sasikiran's Mieses GM Sasikiran doesnt seem to share Dembo & Palliser's opinion that the old line 8...Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 and long castling is too passive as he played it twice at the Aeroflot Open. The first game went ... Started 02/17/12 at 14:42:43 by spagh3tti	11	7881	05/17/13 at 14:56:33 By: Smyslov_Fan

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